Self-awareness is essential to making good major and career decisions. The following assessments help you to understand yourself better: who you are, what interests you, and what you value. Although you can take these assessments on your own, you may wish to make an appointment with a Career Counselor to discuss your results.
PathwayU
Check out PathwayU, a career path tool that will help you with self-discovery, career exploration, and job connection!
O*Net Interest Profiler
The O*Net Interest Profiler can help you learn about your interests and how they relate to the world of work.
Journey Map Assessments
The California Cybersecurity Institute recently partnered with Journeys to help bring the power of interactive cyber career planning to your fingertips. Get personalized directions to explore life’s possibilities; complete interest surveys and a skills matcher assessment to learn about a variety of careers in cybersecurity and other technical careers and discover education and training pathways to help you reach your unique goals.
MyPlan Values Sort
This interactive values sort helps you to recognize and prioritize what is most important to you in a career.
Career Decision-Making Assessments
This website features eight assessments that measure different aspects of career decision-making, such as your decision-making style and the reasons you may be struggling to make a decision. If you're having difficulty with major or career decision-making, this resource can help you to understand the problem more clearly.
Authentic Happiness
Authentic Happinness is a University of Pennsylvania project that features 19 questionnaires measuring various aspects of personality and emotional wellness. While not directly related to career, these assessment may increase your self-awareness, an important component of career decision-making.
Standardized Assessments
Cal Poly's Center for Leadership administers True Colors® personality assessment. True Colors utilizes temperament theory to differentiate the four central primary personality types into four colors - Orange, Gold, Green and Blue. If you're interested in taking the True Colors assessment, contact the Center for Leadership or enroll in their Emerging Leaders Series.
Career Services administers the Strong Interest Inventory®, a standardized assessment which measures career interests. A Career Counselor can help you decide if taking a standardized assessment is right for you. Career Services covers the cost of the assessment for students. If you're interested in taking the Strong Interest Inventory®, make an appointment with your Career Counselor.